Jacob has had a couple of call backs on his resume. one from rosetta stone and another from a former manager at Sheetz, where he worked in college.
Rosetta stone called today to talk about his resume, and it sounds like they're proceeding on with a potential position.
then he talked with Shane from sheetz. they can give him 32 hours a week in the meantime, and they're looking for an assistant manager position for him!
so...
the story continued:
God intervened, and no matter what happens, we WILL be okay. we WILL be taken care of.
God is good!
Praise you Jesus!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
christmas sometimes comes early
with our crazy christmas schedule, jacob and i have been trying to work out when we get to do our gifts to and from each other.
we decided that with all the bad stuff lately, that we should be able to do some today.
we exchanged one gift a piece.
I gave him my gift of a Redskin throw.
and he gave me:
a 10.3 MP digital camera!
my husband is SOO good to me! it's a Kodak, black, and WAY better than my old one! at least so far! i'm having fun playing with it! Yay!
thanks love!
we decided that with all the bad stuff lately, that we should be able to do some today.
we exchanged one gift a piece.
I gave him my gift of a Redskin throw.
and he gave me:
a 10.3 MP digital camera!
my husband is SOO good to me! it's a Kodak, black, and WAY better than my old one! at least so far! i'm having fun playing with it! Yay!
thanks love!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
hope.
i got this verse in my email inbox today:
Psalm 33:22:
"May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even as we put our hope in you."
i started thinking about the verse, Jeremiah 29:11:
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'Plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future."
then i started thinking about hope.
it's kinda a funny thing. hope.
i mean, i used to hope for a date on saturday night. or those concert tickets. or a good grade on a test i studied really hard for.
but that's not really hope. that's wishful thinking.
hope is trusting when there is no reason to trust. hope is believing even when you don't see anything happening. hope is Jesus.
let's see:
in the last year, i had hoped for good weather on June 28th. i had hoped for vacation time showing up on my paycheck on time. i even hoped for saturdays off so that i can take that hot date! ;o)
never would i ever think that i would hope for a job. for my husband. for the "bread winner" so to speak. never would i think that we would be in a position, like so many other people, who will struggle over the holidays. never would i think that we would be given something wonderful....a REAL gift from God...only to have it taken away 6 months later.
part of me wants to say that i feel like that woman in 2 Kings 4. she asked for a son, and one was given to her, only to have him become sick, and then die.
verse 28:
"Did i ask you for a son, my lord? Didn't i tell you, "don't raise my hopes"?"
God, didn't i ask you not to raise my hopes?
what happens in the story?
Elisha intervenes, and the son is brought back to life.
God interevenes, and.....
To be continued.
Psalm 33:22:
"May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even as we put our hope in you."
i started thinking about the verse, Jeremiah 29:11:
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'Plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future."
then i started thinking about hope.
it's kinda a funny thing. hope.
i mean, i used to hope for a date on saturday night. or those concert tickets. or a good grade on a test i studied really hard for.
but that's not really hope. that's wishful thinking.
hope is trusting when there is no reason to trust. hope is believing even when you don't see anything happening. hope is Jesus.
let's see:
in the last year, i had hoped for good weather on June 28th. i had hoped for vacation time showing up on my paycheck on time. i even hoped for saturdays off so that i can take that hot date! ;o)
never would i ever think that i would hope for a job. for my husband. for the "bread winner" so to speak. never would i think that we would be in a position, like so many other people, who will struggle over the holidays. never would i think that we would be given something wonderful....a REAL gift from God...only to have it taken away 6 months later.
part of me wants to say that i feel like that woman in 2 Kings 4. she asked for a son, and one was given to her, only to have him become sick, and then die.
verse 28:
"Did i ask you for a son, my lord? Didn't i tell you, "don't raise my hopes"?"
God, didn't i ask you not to raise my hopes?
what happens in the story?
Elisha intervenes, and the son is brought back to life.
God interevenes, and.....
To be continued.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
wow
about a year ago, my life changed. it has created probably the worst thing in me. because of family issues i left my house and basically moved out for a time, until jacob and i got engaged.
this "issue" has not been repaired, and probably will never be. i just survive around this person(s) and deal for the time being.
i vowed, when i moved out that my family would never be that way. jacob and i love each other with every fiber of our being, and we work things out. it may not always be pleasant, but we suck it up and do it.
about two months before our wedding, Jacob lost his full-time status at his job. meaning he would be making enough just to be paying the bills for what he had at the time. a month later, still no job, we were getting a bit panicky. 3 weeks before the wedding, God came through and supplied him with a job making at $10,000 more than what we were even hoping for.
six months later- that's been taken away. his last day will be this friday, which ironically he had taken off for vacation time.
God, what are you doing?? all these loops in the last year....i might as well be jumping through fire...if not rolling through it.
i know you will take care of us. even through this uncertainty, it is sooo hard for me to say this: we will trust you.
this "issue" has not been repaired, and probably will never be. i just survive around this person(s) and deal for the time being.
i vowed, when i moved out that my family would never be that way. jacob and i love each other with every fiber of our being, and we work things out. it may not always be pleasant, but we suck it up and do it.
about two months before our wedding, Jacob lost his full-time status at his job. meaning he would be making enough just to be paying the bills for what he had at the time. a month later, still no job, we were getting a bit panicky. 3 weeks before the wedding, God came through and supplied him with a job making at $10,000 more than what we were even hoping for.
six months later- that's been taken away. his last day will be this friday, which ironically he had taken off for vacation time.
God, what are you doing?? all these loops in the last year....i might as well be jumping through fire...if not rolling through it.
i know you will take care of us. even through this uncertainty, it is sooo hard for me to say this: we will trust you.
Monday, December 1, 2008
under the weather
soon after church yesterday, i started feeling the effects of a migrane.
took some medicine, and prescribed myself some rest.
rest did not come as i suffered through the annoying affects of a fever. my body was a steaming hot (i don't have a thermometer, so i don't know the temperature exactly, but jacob said i was burning up), while i shivered from the cold.
i thought that going to bed would help, but i would get cold, put lots of blankets on, then get hot. unbearably hot. so i was constantly shifting. i'm surprised my poor husband got any sleep.
i battled nausea last night, and battled it some today. ate half of a bowl of cereal, and then didn't eat anything until dinner, which jacob made.
i probably shouldn't have eaten dinner, because now i just feel sick. i think soup and crackers are in store for me tomorrow...
i think it's the flu. but i'm not sure. i just take it moment by moment.
hopefully i will feel better in the morning, because i do have to work.
i tried calling in, and they said, "call around, see if anyone can take your shift." i did, no one can/will, or have called me back, so, i'll probably end up going in and hoping that i can get off early.
hope you all are well!
took some medicine, and prescribed myself some rest.
rest did not come as i suffered through the annoying affects of a fever. my body was a steaming hot (i don't have a thermometer, so i don't know the temperature exactly, but jacob said i was burning up), while i shivered from the cold.
i thought that going to bed would help, but i would get cold, put lots of blankets on, then get hot. unbearably hot. so i was constantly shifting. i'm surprised my poor husband got any sleep.
i battled nausea last night, and battled it some today. ate half of a bowl of cereal, and then didn't eat anything until dinner, which jacob made.
i probably shouldn't have eaten dinner, because now i just feel sick. i think soup and crackers are in store for me tomorrow...
i think it's the flu. but i'm not sure. i just take it moment by moment.
hopefully i will feel better in the morning, because i do have to work.
i tried calling in, and they said, "call around, see if anyone can take your shift." i did, no one can/will, or have called me back, so, i'll probably end up going in and hoping that i can get off early.
hope you all are well!
Monday, November 24, 2008
thankful
sometimes the bad things are actually good...and it may take years for us to realize it.
for example:
the reason i have been so easily hurt by "friends" over the last couple of years is that two of my very close friends from high school hurt me very deeply; spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically (meaning my self esteem, self confidence, etc.).
i know they didn't intend for it to happen...and in fact, i am pretty sure it was God's doing. not that He wanted me to be shaken up so much that i doubted my salvation...that was my doing. but...the experience did indeed shake me to my inner core.
yet, somehow, i knew i couldn't just walk away from Him.
anyway...
several times over the last several months, i have run into one of these persons on a number of occasions...innocent enough...once i was having coffee with some girlfriends, and other times, i was alone. i did always take the time to say hi, and make some sort of conversation. now...if it were a year ago...or even 6 months ago, it would've been an awkward situation for me. but now that i've run into them, it wasn't at all awkward. it was very....i dunno...peaceful? i was at complete peace while talking to them...i was comfortable? i even thought about maybe just meeting up for coffee or something light to catch up.
but i am TRULY glad that i have not done so. it would just lead to the same heartache as before. i do hope that our friendship can be restored...but it cannot be initiated from my end. THEY have to do it.
the day after i ran into this person the first time, i left a comment on their facebook saying how good it was to see them, and wished them an enjoyable week ahead.
no response. didn't expect one....didn't want one.
one week later, i see comments on several mutual friends pages from this person...i'm not sure why, as one of these persons lives out of the area, but as it was, obviously God layed them on their heart for some reason...
anyhow...
remember how i said i was having coffee with some girlfriends? well, one of my girlfriends had a comment....yet...not me.
this is a vicious pattern that i saw at the very end of our friendship. this friend would spend hours on the phone with other friends in "our circle" then neither of those friends would call me. after MONTHS of that happening, i began to feel like i was being "phased out." i wasn't attending their church or their "special services." what did we have in common anymore? i mean...really? they were so preoccupied with their ministries, they forgot that their friends were hurting....
at least, that's how i felt. like i said earlier, i feel like God had a hand in it.
the patterns...
though...
they are still there.
and as long as the patterns are still there, i can't put myself out there to these particular people.
i just can't.
but..i am truly thankful for God's protection. He is taking care of my heart where i would be foolish with it. Thank you, Lord...for your gentle protection...
for example:
the reason i have been so easily hurt by "friends" over the last couple of years is that two of my very close friends from high school hurt me very deeply; spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically (meaning my self esteem, self confidence, etc.).
i know they didn't intend for it to happen...and in fact, i am pretty sure it was God's doing. not that He wanted me to be shaken up so much that i doubted my salvation...that was my doing. but...the experience did indeed shake me to my inner core.
yet, somehow, i knew i couldn't just walk away from Him.
anyway...
several times over the last several months, i have run into one of these persons on a number of occasions...innocent enough...once i was having coffee with some girlfriends, and other times, i was alone. i did always take the time to say hi, and make some sort of conversation. now...if it were a year ago...or even 6 months ago, it would've been an awkward situation for me. but now that i've run into them, it wasn't at all awkward. it was very....i dunno...peaceful? i was at complete peace while talking to them...i was comfortable? i even thought about maybe just meeting up for coffee or something light to catch up.
but i am TRULY glad that i have not done so. it would just lead to the same heartache as before. i do hope that our friendship can be restored...but it cannot be initiated from my end. THEY have to do it.
the day after i ran into this person the first time, i left a comment on their facebook saying how good it was to see them, and wished them an enjoyable week ahead.
no response. didn't expect one....didn't want one.
one week later, i see comments on several mutual friends pages from this person...i'm not sure why, as one of these persons lives out of the area, but as it was, obviously God layed them on their heart for some reason...
anyhow...
remember how i said i was having coffee with some girlfriends? well, one of my girlfriends had a comment....yet...not me.
this is a vicious pattern that i saw at the very end of our friendship. this friend would spend hours on the phone with other friends in "our circle" then neither of those friends would call me. after MONTHS of that happening, i began to feel like i was being "phased out." i wasn't attending their church or their "special services." what did we have in common anymore? i mean...really? they were so preoccupied with their ministries, they forgot that their friends were hurting....
at least, that's how i felt. like i said earlier, i feel like God had a hand in it.
the patterns...
though...
they are still there.
and as long as the patterns are still there, i can't put myself out there to these particular people.
i just can't.
but..i am truly thankful for God's protection. He is taking care of my heart where i would be foolish with it. Thank you, Lord...for your gentle protection...
Sunday, November 23, 2008
down days
sometimes, i have what i call, "down days."
i had one of those today. i'm not fully convinced that i feel completely better...
i had a rough night last night.
combine that with waking up this morning to go to a place where i had to struggle to feel like i belong....didn't make for a promising morning...
i have a ministry idea, but am a little scared to attempt what i have in mind.
i have a desire to get involved, but with what i've experienced, i don't know if i can go through it all over again.
last christmas was wonderful at this place. now...i wonder what to expect for the christmas dinner this year.
we learned this morning to give thanks in all things:
"Thank you Lord for the family you have given me...and thank you for the husband you've given me. thank you for our disagreements as they make us stronger. and more importantly...thank you Lord, that i have someone who loves me...and that the generational curses being held onto my family are stopping with us. Thank you for your true faithfulness--even when we are so unfaithful!"
some news:
i'm learning more sign language. one thing that i would like to do in the new year is interpret for my sisters-in-law at church. so, i'm going through the process of learning the appropriate signs.
pray for me please! that i can retain the signs i learn!
thanks all!
i had one of those today. i'm not fully convinced that i feel completely better...
i had a rough night last night.
combine that with waking up this morning to go to a place where i had to struggle to feel like i belong....didn't make for a promising morning...
i have a ministry idea, but am a little scared to attempt what i have in mind.
i have a desire to get involved, but with what i've experienced, i don't know if i can go through it all over again.
last christmas was wonderful at this place. now...i wonder what to expect for the christmas dinner this year.
we learned this morning to give thanks in all things:
"Thank you Lord for the family you have given me...and thank you for the husband you've given me. thank you for our disagreements as they make us stronger. and more importantly...thank you Lord, that i have someone who loves me...and that the generational curses being held onto my family are stopping with us. Thank you for your true faithfulness--even when we are so unfaithful!"
some news:
i'm learning more sign language. one thing that i would like to do in the new year is interpret for my sisters-in-law at church. so, i'm going through the process of learning the appropriate signs.
pray for me please! that i can retain the signs i learn!
thanks all!
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